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30 March 2011South Wall at noon. Close to the wall a Continental "Sinensis" Cormorant in full breeding plumage was showing well. Further south a
Red-throated Diver was riding the waves with 4 Great
Crested Grebes. FT

Two Buzzards at Rogerstown this morning. Also, one over N2 at Blanchardstown exit & one between Hollystown & Tyrellstown.AR

28 March 2011
"One Swallow does not a summer make" - but it's a start!Dollymount Causeway: 1 Swallow flew past from the
Wooden Bridge over to the Golf Club.DG
Later in the evening on the Causeway, a "beautiful male Wheatear",
was spotted by RB

A Buzzard over the old N2 at Ashbourne 2:30pm. Two more
Buzzards circling & calling over Blanchardstown main street at 4pm.AR

Shag at Poolbeg (Photo by John Fox)

Cormorant in breeding plumage at
Poolbeg (Photo by John Fox)

27 March 2011
A male Kestrel & a male Sparrowhawk hunting between Newcastle & Five Mile Point this morning.
Also some Reed Buntings present.AR

25 March 2011
Numerous Jays in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, County
Laois. Also good numbers of Goldfinch & Bullfinch.
1 female Sparrowhawk & 4 Kestrels. A pair of harriers at noon circling over established terrain.AR

1 Buzzard at Baldonnell at St. Francis football club 3pm.
1 Buzzard over Lucan village at 3:15pm.AR

A Swallow flew over Glasnevin today.FM

I observed 2 Blackcaps in my Garden In Raheny this morning and several Bullfinches.GD

18 March 2011
County Wicklow: 4 Red Kites and a Buzzard, Redcross area today.NO'R

Red Kite at Redcross, County
Wicklow (Photo by Neil O'Reilly)

All Friday afternoon during the sunny spell: A single Buzzard soaring over Clonsilla train station, another single
Buzzard soaring over St. Catherine's park in Lucan.
Two Buzzards & a female Sparrowhawk soaring between Clonee &
Westmanstown.AR

Greenfinch in a garden at Naul, Co.
Dublin (Photo by Joe Curtis)

17 March 2011
Pair of Kestrels perched together on a telegraph pole in Pollardstown Fen.AR

Dublin Zoo: Little Grebe spotted on the main lake at Dublin Zoo today.CW

Little Grebe at Dublin Zoo (Photo by
Ciaran Walsh)

16 March 2011

Black Guillemots at Howth (Photo by
Ger Franck)

15 March 2011 A Chiffchaff was singing in Merrion Square park at lunchtime today.AK

A adult summer plumaged Black Guillemot has been prospecting along the quay wall near Millennium Bridge on the Liffey. Upwards of 7
Blackcap (4 male and 3 female) along Leeson Park, with one or two males beginning to sing.MC

14 March 2011Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: at 4 p.m. in the Botanic Gardens I spotted a
Treecreeper and a Dipper and then overhead I saw a Sparrowhawk.RW

6 March 2011News on a ringed
Bar-tailed Godwit: A colour ringed
Bar-tailed Godwit, code - R6WYBB
spotted on Bull Island (Wooden bridge side) on the 6th March 2011
is well travelled. After reporting the sighting I
received an email from the study group informing me that this bird was caught on 13-Sep-10
at Strieper polder in Terschelling, Netherlands. It has also
been spotted in Booterstown on the 22nd Feb 2011. Before then it was in Newport, Wales since December.RB

5 March 2011South Bull Wall full tide. First Sandwich Tern still in Winter plumage was fishing over towards
Wooden Bridge. 16 Black Guillemots all in full summer gear were paired off in the harbour. South of the wall large numbers of
Great-crested Grebes were mostly in full Summer regalia. One pair was busy with their mating dance featuring erotic head feints and
synchronised diving. Also in this direction Razorbills and
Guillemots in a mixture of Winter and Summer plumage were lining up two by two, while to the annoyance of the gulls a
Gannet was diving in their midst. Spring has sprung! FT

4 March 2011Glasnevin: 2 Kingfisher seen on Tolka River.HB

Kingfisher at Glasnevin
(Photo by Harry Bailey)

1 March 2011 Yellowhammer in Wicklow (Photo by
Philip Clancy)

Brambling in Wicklow garden (Photo by Philip Clancy)

Tree Sparrows in Wicklow Garden (Photos by Philp Clancy)

28 February 2011
Lambay: I-WeBS counts, Winter Atlas survey, etc. produced 70 species, including two
Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Long-eared Owls and a record 735
Brent Geese (18 with colour bands).OM